The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

Always be nice to everyone in the firm on the way up. You never know who you may meet on the way down.

The only thing a whirlwind courtship does is blow dust in everyone's eyes.

A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant.

I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century.

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.